Category: Clear the Air for Kids!

The last bike commute of the school year for ‘Two Wheel Tuesday’ was on June 5th. Some of our riders gathered at Freedom Park at 7:15 am to start at the beginning of our commute, others would join the ride along the route. I love this time of morning when the world hasn’t quite gotten going yet and we’re preparing for our seven mile commute to J.T. Williams Secondary Montessori School off of Statesville Avenue.

Learn how to create your own Ozone Garden at home Did you know ozone pollution not only impacts human health, but plant life too? Join Clean Air Carolina at Wing Haven in Charlotte on Saturday, June 9, 9am-10:30am, to learn more about ozone pollution, how it impacts...

In October students at the new J. T. Williams Montessori School in Charlotte became citizen scientists as they used portable air sensors and tablets equipped with GPS to measure levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5), an invisible air pollutant on their school...

“Union County is one of the fastest growing counties in the state, filled with new developments, traffic, and businesses sprouting up on every corner. One of the concerns of all that sprawl and development is that the once quiet, peaceful rural areas will soon...

Clean Air Carolina was at Camp Open Airways in Kannapolis, NC this August leading a session on air quality education for 29 kids with asthma. High School volunteers assisting with the program held air quality flags up for the campers to see as they learned a song...

In October, a group of 20 women canvassed the UNC Charlotte campus in five teams and monitored the air for PM 2.5. Using AirBeam monitors, they investigated evidence of invisible fine particulate matter, a dangerous air pollutant. The women are part of a freshman...

This November, Oaklawn Language Academy 7th graders investigated the air around their school using AirBeam monitors which measure fine particulate matter also known as PM2.5. They are part of Clean Air Carolina’s Clean Air Zones Monitoring Project designed to protect...

Clean Air Carolina took their citizen science air monitoring equipment to Belmont Middle School on September 30. Three seventh grade science classes learned about air quality and particle pollution and are now officially part of our Clean Air Zones Monitoring Project!...

Until last spring, every Friday afternoon I feared the beep of my cell phone. By 4 p.m. my husband would text me the question, “What are we doing this weekend?” It was a loaded question. He hoped for an answer that was a choice of a couple’s dinner at a restaurant,...

On Monday, July 18, the Clean Air Carolina’s Citizen Science Team headed over to the Beasley Media Group in Charlotte for our shot at prime time (well, if prime time were actually 6:00 am on Saturdays and Sundays). We were meeting Francene Morris of the Francene Marie...